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ge-rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽdan, to advise, ge-rǽdan to arrange. [These two verbs seem to have coalesced (v. rǽdan), and are taken together.]
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Add: to advise, suggest him tó gefeccean hét his witan, hí him gerǽddon hwæt him be ðám sélost ðúhte, oððe tó dón[n]e wǽre. Lch. iii. 426, 12.

óþ-fæstan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-fæstan, I.
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Heó hyre mægþhád Gode óþfæste, 40, 16. Gif hwá óþfæste his friénd feoh, L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 50, 29: L. Alf. pol. 20; Th. i. 74, 15. Gif hwá óðrnm his unmagan óþfæste, and hine on ðære fæstinge forferie, 17; Th. i. 72, 4.

recene

(adv.)
Grammar
recene, adv.
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Ðæt recenust tó þrowunge becóme ad martyrium ocius pervenire, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 11

Linked entry: ricene

burg-waru

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þá twá burhwara, Sodomam and Gomorram, forbærnde, 246, 25. Hié þá burgware ( here? or under preceding word ?), Beneuentius and Sepontanus hátton þá twá leóde, hié þá ongunnon ánwigges biddan (cf.

ge-beórscipe

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Take here ge-bǽrscipe, ge-beárscipe in Dict., and add Singal gebiórscipe juge convivium, Kent. Gl. 521. Wearð seó þénung in geboren and æfter þám cynelíce gebeórscipe, Ap. Th. 14, 15.

mæðel-hégende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
mæðel-hégende, part. pres.

Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or councilconsultingconversing

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Hwæt se manna wæs meðelhégendra who of men that speak was he, 524; An. 262. Héht gebeódan meðelhégende on gemót cuman, ða ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon, Elen. Kmbl. 557; El. 279

un-lifigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lifigende, adj.

Not livingdeaddefunct

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aldorþegn unlyfigendne, deádne wisse, 2621; B. 1308. Fore gileáffullum unlifigendum pro fidelibus defunctis, Rtl. 173, 37. Fore deádum ł unlifiendum, Jn. Skt. p. 4, 20. On heora ealdfeóndum unlyfigendum, Judth. Thw. 26, 8; Jud. 316

Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende

weorold-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-cræft, es; m.
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Warniaþ ðæt gé beón wísran on eówrum gástlícan cræfte . . . ðonne ða worldmen sindon on heora worldcræftum, L. Ælfc. P. 46; Th. ii. 384, 15. Ðæt him God onsende wíse geþóhtas and woruldcræftas, Exon. Th. 294, 29; Crä. 22

brigdan

(v.)
Grammar
brigdan, (?); p. de
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To seize property improperly held by another Ðus man sceal swerigean, ðonne man hafð his ǽhte gebryid ( =-brigd ?) (cf. ꝥ orf ꝥ ic mid N. befangen hæbbe, l. 15). Ðæs óðres áð ðe mon his orf æt bryideð ( = brigdeð?) . . .

burg-geat-setl

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R.A. 804) Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and kycenan, bellhús and burhgeatsetl, Ll. Th. i. 190, 16

fǽhþ

feud

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Add: in a general sense Themistocles gemyndgade Iónas þǽre ealdan fǽhþe þe Xersis him tó geworht hæfde, hú hié mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 2, 5; S. 82, 16.

cyne-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
cyne-róf, adj. [róf famous]

Royally famous, noble nobilis

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Royally famous, noble; nobilis Wolde ic ánes to ðé,cyneróf hæleþ cræftes neósan I would inquire of thee of one art, noble hero, Andr. Kmbl. 967; An. 484: 1169; An. 585.

CWIÞ

(n.)
Grammar
CWIÞ, es; m: cwiða, an; m.

The womb matrix, uterus

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Wið ðæs cwiðan sáre for soreness of the womb, Herb. 165, 2; Lchdm. i. 294, 11

Linked entry: cwíðend-líc

ég-streám

(n.)
Grammar
ég-streám, éh-streám, es; m.

A water-stream, a river, the sea aquæ fluctus, flūmen, măre

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Here wícode égstreáme neáh the host encamped near the river, Elen. Kmbl. 132; El. 66: Beo. Th. 1158; B. 577

Linked entries: eá-streám éh-streám

ge-lenge

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-lenge, adj.

Belongingrelatedpertinenspertingens

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Yrfeweard líce gelenge an heir of my body, Beo. Th. 5457; B. 2732. Leahtrum gelenge attached to vices, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 28; Jul. 371

Linked entry: ge-lang

híw-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
híw-scipe, híg-, es; m.
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Ðá onféng heó ǽnes híwscipes stówe accepit locum unius familiæ, 4, 23; S. 593, 18. Ealle híwscipas þeóda universæ familiæ gentium, Ps. Lamb. 21, 28

Linked entries: híg-scipe híwisc

lufestice

(n.)
Grammar
lufestice, es, also, an; m.

Lovage

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Genim lubastican wyrttruman, Herb. 146, 3; Lchdm. i. 270, 7. Lufestices sǽd, L. M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 20: iii. 128, 22. Genim lufestice, 4, 10

pere

(n.)
Grammar
pere, peru, an ; f.
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(Cf. hec volemus ae permayn-tre, 191, col. 2 : hoc volemum ae permayne, 192, col. 2.) Peran, Lchdm. ii. 176, 18

Linked entry: peru

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

geonge-wifre

(n.)
Grammar
geonge-wifre, an; f.
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A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net; anni nostri